Ukraine denies HRW report
Ukraine's armed forces yesterday rejected allegations that they indiscriminately used banned "cluster bombs" in the six-month war against pro-Russian insurgents in the separatist east.
Human Rights Watch on Monday published a detailed investigation carried out jointly with The New York Times that identified 12 incidents in which these weapons killed six people -- including a Swiss aid worker -- in and around the rebel-held city of Donetsk earlier this month.
The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions banning their use has been signed by 113 parties but not Ukraine or the United States.
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